Economy > Poverty and inequality Stats: compare key data on Belgium & United States
Definitions
- Income inequality 1993-2011: Income inequality 1993-2011 (latest available).
- Inequality adjusted income index: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.
- Poorest 20%'s share in national income or consumption: Percentage of country's total income or consumption that belongs to the poorest 20% of its citizens.
- Poorest's share in national income or consumption: Percentage of country's total income or consumption that belongs to the poorest 5% of its citizens.
- Richest 10% to poorest 10% ratio: The ratio of average income of the richest 10% of the population to the average income of the poorest 10% of the population.
- Richest quintile to poorest quintile ratio: The ratio of average income of the richest 20% of the population to the average income of the poorest 20% of the population.
- Social welfare > Share of poverty reduced by social welfare: Total percent of poverty reduced.
- Social welfare > Social expenditures on non-elderly: Social expenditures on non-elderly (as percentage of GDP).
SOURCES: Wikipedia: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Indicators) ("World Development Indicators" . World Bank . 2013-07-01 . Retrieved 2013-07-03 .); United Nations Development Programme. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/14/hdr2013_en_complete.pdf, United Nations Development Programme, 2013. Table 3, p. 152 ff.; Wikipedia: Welfare's effect on poverty (Table of welfare effect on poverty reduction) (Timothy S. (2006). Poor People in Rich Nations: The United States in Comparative Perspective . Table 4, "The Antipoverty Effect of Government Spending: Percent of All Persons Poor"); Wikipedia: Welfare's effect on poverty (Table of welfare effect on poverty reduction) (Timothy S. (2006). Poor People in Rich Nations: The United States in Comparative Perspective . Table 4, "The Antipoverty Effect of Government Spending: Percent of All Persons Poor" This includes cash and near-cash spending (such as TANF and food stamps ) and spending for public housing. It excludes healthcare and education spending.)